they named it rock and roll.
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 'Cause everything's gonna be alright
1973 
2010 Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 0:30 is a calm hand on your shoulder when the world is shaking. Not a solution. A presence. Someone who will not panic even when the way is unclear.
That steadiness is rare. Knowing somebody is there who refuses to break makes the hard parts bearable. The worry shrinks. That presence becomes its own kind of answer when no answers exist.
Anytime we have a date
Is he hers or is he not? Louis Jordan asks playfully. Confusion after someone leaves. Am I still loved? Big band swing made everybody dance to a question nobody wanted to answer. Some questions are better sung than asked directly with a straight face.
Tarantino didn't score Pulp Fiction. He curated it. Kool & the Gang's 'Jungle Boogie' opens the film over the credits -- all horns and attitude, a groove so infectious it warns you what kind of movie you're about to watch. Every song on the soundtrack is a character. Every needle drop is a conversation.
Jungle boogie. Pulp Fiction was already in the jungle. Image Credits
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
